veganjunkfoodaddict Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 My doctor recommended L-Carnitine over Creatine, and seems to think it performs a similar function. Is this true? Also keen to hear from people who use L-Carnitine and if it has shown any benefits for you. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozza Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Taking one specific amino acid while consuming an adequate diet can be largely pointless. Your body is designed to deal with whole proteins (rather than one specific amino acid) and as such is much more efficient at processing whole proteins. There is also some evidence that consuming individual amino acids can overwhelm the body's transport system promoting toxicity (i'll see if I can find the source, was from one of my dietetic lecturers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjs Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There are tons of studies that show creatine's effectiveness at increasing endurance, muscle growth, and recovery. Carnitine might help support cardiovascular health.... maybe? Sometimes ALCAR is recommended for body recomp, but I can't say I've ever seen a good study on it. I'm not sure where your doctor got the idea to supplement one instead of the other. Creatine is by far more studied and proven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Well I don't know too much about it, but Wiki seems to think carnitine is the second coming of Jesus.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnitine#Physiological_effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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